Good morning everyone

so it seem the scales fairy is not being to kind to us , at my weigh in i have gained 2lb so i am now at 13st exactly BUT on the positive side i have lost another 1/2 inch from my waist it is now at 40 1/2 , so i am pleased with that ,
am i dissapointed yes ,, am i defeated hell NO 🙂 If anything it makes me more dtermined to do better next week
and now some of us are on FB it will be easier to keep in touch and get that added bit of motivation from you all 🙂

Karen I am pleased you and hubby had a nice time tonight
Mel start a new FB page thewn we can wake you up in the middle of the night Ha Ha lol (only kidding — honest ) x

ok if you are on FB message me
catch you all later 🙂

Karen I really dont think it matters when u measure your waist , the main thing is you know what you would like to get too and we are all here to help you and eachother along the way , You are doing ever so well as with everyone lets just keep going ok
Say …… yes Ken ha ha lol 🙂 🙂

Hi all, thanks for your beautiful words of support, I hear you Charmaine, I too have a dress I desperately want to fit into before Christmas, I know it’s a while away but it’s a small dress, and so lovely. I really need to update my Facebook pictures but can never seem to find time to do Facebook, which is why it’s very outdated. Anyway, I’ve found you ken and Karen, but just let me know how i can look you up and I’ll send you a request. Can’t promise I’ll always check it though, keeping up with this thread is a challenge for me!! Haven’t tallied calories yet today, been a lax one, up and at em tomorrow, such is life :). Thanks again all, I felt better for reading your support. I’ve been apple picking today with the family at a nearby orchard, lovely day, doesn’t get any better than time with the family does it, goodnight/morning all 🙂

Hi all, just wondering do you eat whatever foods you want within your cals on non fast days and still lose? Also have you found its still possible to generally lose fat overall if you go over cals on a non fast day? I’m pretty sure I’ve blown my cals today… And am a little worried I’ve wasted my time this week… 🙁

Ok I am back
Charmaine & Melanie er I dont have a small dress Ha Ha but i do have a pair of trousers that
have become far to tight for a long time , So if you dont mind i will join your mini motivation
however i think it will take me a while to get there , but the beauty of 5:2 is that it is a long term
event. 🙂

Karen , I thought you where on a fast day tomorrow , anyone else ?
Monday IS going to be a good day I intend to sort out my menu later on today , so i am all ready to go first thing

I like the idea of skipping i will have to invest in a rope

Have a lovely Sunday everyone 🙂

Not sure if I’ll fast today, last day of school holidays and much easier fasting during the week when no one is around so might make fast day tomorrow, really not hungry today because of all the rubbish I ate yesterday, so who knows fast day might turn out to be today anyway. Yesterday I ran out of soda water and found myself eating instead of when I probably should be drinking, each time I swallowed something I was thinking, man I’m so not hungry why am I doing this, it is clearly something to do when you’re procrastinating isn’t it, well for me it was yesterday. Knowledge is power though, I’m off to get some more soda water now, arm myself and hopefully have a much better day today (fat jeans are a little tighter than I’d like today…) although I did try the skinny jeans on late last week and found they were easier to do up than last time so who knows. Not going anywhere near that dress yet though… The seams might rip!!! Ha ha ha, good luck all and have a lovely day/sleep 🙂

what ever happens to the lbs I had yet another compliment about “looking well” from my favourite aunt this week end.

I wont get carried away by the compliments, or the loose belt around my waiste, so this week I will fast tuesday and thursday- coffee; porridge with sugar; both make me hingry later in the day. so I am staying off coffee as much as I can on workdays and drinking water which is a good hungeer/binging cruncher.

charmaine my goal has been to get to the gym twice a week, I will do that when I am cooking for myself this week! mustnt let up! or let the side down!

has anyone got an answer to how they stand on their scales? leaning forward or backward?

@davidrob
“has anyone got an answer to how they stand on their scales? leaning forward or backward?”

Actually, the most favorable position is hovering over the scale, barely touching.

Works sometimes.

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Monday afternoon – Hello Karen, Ken, Charmaine, David, Melanie, Syl, Nicky & Jip. I trust I was inclusive. Your posts inspire me. Thank you. I look forward to talking maintenance with you all in the near future.

Working longer hours today to cover for an office mate. This will throw off my workout this afternoon, as I have book study tonight. I fear my younger office mate has been missing a lot of work lately. Personal issues. The boss hasn’t had ‘the talk’ with her yet. Sad. I hope she can turn it around. I digress.

Twisty things in the air this weekend (tornado). Worked out at home yesterday instead of traveling to the gym. Fast day today and doing well. No headache. Celebrate the small victories!

Will check in later this week. Wishing you all success and perseverance! Jean

Ho hum everyone is asleep… I’m wondering if it’s net calories? Because it takes into account your gender, and therefore ability to metabolise the calories, surely the daily calories are net aren’t they? I’m just hoping that walk I did means I can have that little square of dark choc tonight…..? Probably not…. Awwww… Maybe….?

Morning gang. First of all hope Ken is feeling a wee bit better this morning. JeanDee, a tornado? Keep it over that side of the pond! We have fog this morning up here in the North East of England, probably cold and not nice.

Melanie, probably the phrase is can’t put an old head on young shoulders. Some young kids over here don’t even want to work and think the Country should just keep them in benefits, I’m so pleased my kids are not like that. My daughter is doing a distance learning course and will be applying to go to Uni next year to do Physiotherapy and works almost full time in a bar too. In her spare time (which isn’t much tbh) she volunteers with Age UK as a befriender and visits a little old lady who lives on her own to give her some company. So thankfully I’m proud to say she has a good work ethic.

Well done on getting some of that weekend weight back off Charmaine, me too. You’ll be back in that dress in no time. I’m back to only half a lb over my last Fridays weigh in weight this morning so more than happy with that. In fact I put my work trousers on this morning and they are so baggy around the bum and legs I’m going to need new ones soon! So this diet is going to cost us money too folks lol.

Well better go and finish getting ready for work, my day off tomorrow so that’s something to look forward to.

Will check in later. x

Hello , Good morning and Hi 5:2 to you all, Karen, Charmaine, David, Melanie, Syl, Nicky , Jip , Jean & Dreamgirl. Wow we are growing nicely 🙂

Thank you for your lovely messages , As you may gather by my introduction i am feeling much better this morning,

Melanie you do make me laugh so please just keep them posts coming , you reall do brighten up my days x 🙂

I work as a volunteer at Rochdale foodbank each tuesday so i will have to get ready now , but i will be back on this afternoon to fully digest what you have all have written and of course answer anything i am asked ok ( if that makes sense) see i am rambling now (Mel its catching hee hee )

If you fasting do it good people and if your not then just be good 🙂

karen,
the way not to eat when you are hungry-is DRINK WATER!

Great to hear you’re feeling better Ken 🙂 if people can’t laugh with me, then I figure they can always laugh at me instead…

Karen, great to hear about the baggy trousers, way to go! As for sleeping i can’t say I’ve noticed any drastic changes yet, but then again Other than becoming a lighter sleeper since becoming a mum, I generally sleep well. I will keep my eye on it though, that is very great news for you, this new way of eating is said to help your body focus on repairing itself, so maybe your body has fixed itself in that way. First couple of fast days I was sooo ravenous, I too could probably eat a scabby horse, but now it’s easier to hold on until the 36 hours are up 🙂

Jip – congrats on your weight loss!

David – glad you’ll be feeling better soon. Is there a word I should use besides ‘maintenance?’ I do consider the 5:2 plan a life plan and look forward to the 1 day of fasting season. I’ve been 25 – 40 pounds over for 20 years. I’m determined to meet and ‘maintain’ my goal.

Ken, glad you are feeling better as well. I so admire your volunteer work.

Karen, I’m keeping the tornado activity to the southeast of me today but I do believe it will fizzle once it hits the Atlantic.

Mel – Funny story, you have such a positive attitude. I agree about the hard work ethic along with positive attitude at work. It’s something we all eventually learn. And we must leave our emotions at the door on some days.

Charlamain, Dream, Nicky, Rocky & Sly — I trust you are well and moving along on the rails.

It sounds like we all need to learn a loose trouser dance. What would that look like?

On my way to the gym then out to dinner with a monthly dinner group of fabulous and humorous women. My work day is now over at 2:00PM. I recently met the pension qualifications for an early retirement as a college counselor and am currently working part-time at another college. Take care everyone. If I failed to greet you, please know it is unintentional. Jean

Oh, by the way, it is NOT a fast day for me and I’m not even hungry! Does this happen to you? Fasting tomorrow.

First of all morning all and hope you’re all well.

Well done Charmaine on losing all those inches, that’s amazing, I know I’ve not lost alot of weight doing this but I know I’ve lost some inches because my clothes are either fitting much better or too big. I’m going to have to buy some new work trousers because they are looking too baggy now!

It wasn’t a fast day for me yesterday but like you Jean I didn’t feel very hungry. I don’t normally have breakfast and just had a banana on my break at work about 10.15 then vegetable soup around 12.30. When I got home I had a quick sandwich with ham and salad because I was going grocery shopping and didn’t have much time. After that I was going to a friends house to share a bottle of wine (I’m off today) so just had a cookie and some crisps for supper. This morning I’m down to my last official weigh in so very pleased with that. Not going to overindulge today and going to do some walking and my HiiT workout and skipping. My friend last night showed me her weighted hoola hoop and I had a go, it was brilliant so I’m seriously thinking about buying one – she said it’s great to do while listening to music and she thinks it’s helping shape her waist. The only problem is where to do it without knocking things off in my house! Probably have to do it outside or in the garage!

Well better go and take Harvey out for his first walk of the day. Be good everyone.
x

Hello is everyone ok ? 🙂

Hi Ken, Karen and co. I have walked 18,000 plus steps, started walking on second walk of the at 6pm tonight walking to my nephew’s house to have a look at a problem with his computer and then to a friends house to drop a birthday card in for her granddaughter and back home that’s is about 5 miles tonight and it started raining when I was only half way there so I got a little wet. It is a fasting day for me so those scales better move in the morning or else. LOL. JIP

good morning every one today isssssssssss FAAAAAAST day lol 🙂

JIP that was some walking wow ! well done you i am sure your scales will move down for you , 🙂 can i ask what type of pedometer you use as i am interested in getting one.

Karen, what a great work out form you 🙂 We are all going to have a good fast day today, trust me im an old soldier lol 🙂

Charmaine well done you on your loss , you really are doing great young lady keep it going 🙂

I am just having my fennel tea , I will have my breky about 10 am , I admit to feeling hungry this morning but i WILL get through it 🙂

You are all a fantastic group of people and i want to say it is a privilage to be in contact with every one of you X 🙂 ken